The UN human rights council has given unanimous backing to a fresh, independent investigation into mass killings reported in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher.
“Our wake-up calls were not heeded. Bloodstains on the ground in el-Fasher have been photographed from space. The stain on the record of the international community is less visible, but no less damaging,” UN human rights chief Volker Türk said at an emergency meeting in Geneva on Friday.
Since the civil war began over two years ago, more than 150,000 people have been killed and about 12 million have been forced from their homes.
The new investigation is mandated to identify those who ordered and carried out the massacre in el-Fasher.
The findings could be shared with the International Criminal Court.
While Türk did warn individuals and companies “fuelling and profiting” from Sudan’s war, there is disappointment that the mandate makes no mention of other countries sponsoring the conflict.
The UAE is accused of shipping weapons to the Rapid Support F
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